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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2025· Updated Apr 18, 2026

CVE-2025-37778

CVE-2025-37778

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: Fix dangling pointer in krb_authenticate

krb_authenticate frees sess->user and does not set the pointer to NULL. It calls ksmbd_krb5_authenticate to reinitialise sess->user but that function may return without doing so. If that happens then smb2_sess_setup, which calls krb_authenticate, will be accessing free'd memory when it later uses sess->user.

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Affected products

5
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Linux/Kernel4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.15,<6.1.135
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)

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